[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 46 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H1623-H1624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRESS SHOULD DO A BETTER JOB FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, there is a need for us to do a 
much better job on behalf of the American people.
  Monday, the Speaker of the House attacked the integrity of the 
Attorney General because she refused to appoint a special prosecutor, 
when it was clear that there were individuals with integrity in the 
Justice Department doing the right thing.
  Then on Wednesday, in this House and in a committee, we provided for 
350,000 children not to have food by voting against an increase in the 
WIC Program.
  Now, on Thursday, we come today to find that Members have risen to 
the floor of the House to say that the Speaker has not violated any 
rules; that there is no problem with the way

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he might be paying back this loan; that there is no question on how he 
would be repaying it and what the structure of the loan might be.
  I would say that the American people are telling us we can do a much 
better job for them. We can recognize when rules have been broken, when 
the rules of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct have been 
broken. We can recognize there is a need to directly pay back a loan 
from personal funds.
  I believe the American people are saying we can do a much better job 
for us, and we should say just do it.

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